Does this seem like a normal amount of home work for Kindy?

Evan has a little book for reading each week that also has words from that story he then has to read & we tick if he got it right. There are 8 words.
Then he has about 12 more words that he needs to look,cover & write.
These are done each night. He also has a Number for the week which has a few activities on the page that he works on through the week.

Its just this week that he has come home with so many more words. Last term he has about 5 words to look, cover & write. Now he has 20 words to work on.
He is really struggling to stay interested & focused on what he is doing.

Also with the readers he brings home, he isn't reading them he just remembering the story. He shoot through it often just saying what he thinks it says but not looking at it.
He isn't learning to read this way..

DH has been sitting with him every few days reading books like 10 apples up on top, or Hop on pop etc. Evan can read these books well (for a 6yr old)

What is the normal method of teaching to read at school?

Does his amount of homework seem alot?